For fans of Motorhead, check out 'Jigoku no Kyuuen' and these other songs by Ningen Isu

Ningen Isu are usually recommended in the context of their similiarities with Sabbath, Purple, Rush and so on, and quite rightly too. However they also have some rip-roaring faster tracks that might have made even the mighty Lemmy nod in approval over his Jack Daniels.

'Dai Yogen' is a great example, explosive and aggressive enough almost to qualify as a proto-thrash throwback. It also boasts some of the most unhinged guitar solos in the band's discography, Wajima-san shredding with pure abandon, not to mention the thundering bass by Suzuki-san gives it the 'Overkill' style energy to bring the whole thing home. It's a pity it can only be found on a compilation from 1994, as it's completely excellent.

'Jigoku Fūkei' is another such cooker and comes from the record that really has everything, the perfect and precious child that is the album Kaijin Nijū Mensou. Opening with a punk drum tattoo that gives you some Dead Kennedys and DRI energy, the song is a tight and speedy track that again gets into some pretty intense thrashing sections. I defy you to listen to it one and not want to join in for every "uyughh!" and "uwaah!"

Sounding like it could have been pulled from anywhere in Motorhead's back catalogue, 2016's 'Jigoku no Kyuuen' is a more recent track in this style. Ningen Isu shows no signs of slowing down after nearly three decades in the game at the point this was put to wax. Whisky-drenched, rubber-on-tarmac smelling, bone-rattling rock and roll, with a simply glorious guitar solo.

For bonus points, check out the following year and album's 'Jigoku no Heavy Rider'. This song cooks pretty hard, and also features Wajima-san playing his guitar so it sounds like a motorbike, somewhat like Akira Takasaki on Loudness' album Racing.